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Comparing Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Model Family
September 2019 Oracle announced Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 (Small, Medium and HA). ODA X8-2 comes with more computing resources compared with X7-2 Models.
Let’s take a quick look at few benefits of ODA followed by the technical specification on ODA X8-2 Small/Medium and HA.
Oracle Database Appliance is an Engineered System. Software, server, storage, and networking, all co-engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.
Benefits of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA):
- Software, server, storage, and networking engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.
- Supports Oracle Database Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, Standard Edition 2, and Enterprise Edition. Optimized for Cloud.
- Capacity on Demand Licensing – Reduced Cost.
- Ease of deployment, patching, management, and support.
- Increased performance and reliability with NVMe flash storage.
- Reliable hardware architecture with redundant power, cooling, networking, and storage.
- Browser User Interface (BUI)
In this article we will compare the technical specifications of ODA X8-2 model family (Small, Medium and HA). This comparison table comes handy when you want to quickly take a look at the resources available for a given model.
For more information on the technical specification loot at the ODA X8-2 HA and Small/Medium Data Sheet at:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2-ha-datasheet-5730739.pdf
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2sm-datasheet-5730738.pdf
Component | ODA X8-2 Small | ODA X8-2 Medium | ODA X8-2 HA |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
Storage Shelf | NA | NA | 1 4U DE3-24C Storage Shelf per System Optional Second Storage Shelf for Expansion |
Rack Size | 1 2RU Server | 1 2RU Server | 2 2RU Servers & 1 4U Storage Shelf |
Processor | One 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218 | Two 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218 | Two 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Per Server |
Physical Memory | 192 GB Expandable to 384 GB | 384 GB Expandable to 768 GB | 384 GB Expandable to 768 GB per server |
Storage | Two 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs 12.8 TB (raw) | Base: Two 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs 12.8 TB (raw) | Base: Six 7.68 TB SSDs 46 TB (raw) |
Storage Expansion | Not expandable | Expandable up to 76.8 TB (raw) | Expandable up to 369 TB SSD or up to 92 TB SSD / 504 TB HDD (Raw) |
Network | 4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or 2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports | 4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or 2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports | 4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or 2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports |
Oracle Database | Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1 | Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1 | Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2 Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1 |
Database Deployment | Single Instance | Single Instance | Single Instance, RAC & RAC One node |
Virtualization | Oracle Linux KVM | Oracle Linux KVM | Oracle VM & Oracle Linux KVM |
Operating System | Oracle Linux | Oracle Linux | Oracle Linux |
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